By JPOST.COM STAFF
Health Minister Ya'acov Ben-Yizri scheduled to conduct an emergency meeting to find a solution that would enable the funding of medication for colon cancer.
Colon cancer patients have been on a hunger strike outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem since Sunday, demanding that the government finance their medications.
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